Monkees - Head comercial

[12Zwolf]

; Rest in Peace, Bert Schneider.

[sonic10shadow]

If they made a sequel it would say, "From the producers that gave you HEAD..."

[Havefun1998]

I really want to c this movie super bad!!!!!!!! Is it good?

[TheMonkeesRock]

@Havefun1998 Hell yeah its good! I dont see how it killed their career

[edwardelricfangirl1]

lol this movie has a hard story line to follow

[themonkees1969]

@edwardelricfangirl1 there was no story at all1

[edwardelricfangirl1]

@themonkees1969 really ???

[boritom]

@themonkees1969 There wasn't supposed to be. It's sort of a surrealist comedy. There is a theme throughout the film, sort of like Frank Zappa's "200 Motels" film, or "The Wall." It's best likened to a cinematic sketch comedy film.

[themonkees1969]

@boritom i would debate that "The Wall" had a plot, a burned outrock star going insane

[BewareOfBunnyRabbit]

I like the Monkees, but.... This is the weirdest effing movie trailer I've seen. o__O

[edwardelricfangirl1]

what a wacky movie commerical

[geoabe302]

The movie that ended their career.....at least for a while!

[edwardelricfangirl1]

lol wow what a wacky movie comerical perfect for time

[TheMonkeesRock]

;o MICKY IS MINE!

[Monkofmagnesia]

I actually liked the movie.

[jcall811]

The monkees invented a couple of new curse words because of this movie. Imagine listening to your car radio in 1968 and a man and woman start moaning: "Head, Coming, Soon, Coming, Head, Head, Coming...

Two of those words caught on for the wrong reasons.

[pmdnyc]

@jcall811 The Monkees did not invent those words. Again its giving credit to these guys for something they did not do. Those words were associated that way long before this movie.

[klwewf]

@pmdnyc The Monkees contributed a lot to their careers (as a team and as individuals), music and pop culture in general. The fact that you had to add "again, giving them credit for something they did not do", makes it seem as if you're implying they did nothing.

[acholl980]

I assume the film was a test project for the shows producer Bob Rafelson before he and Nicholson went to make Five Easy Pieces two years later.

[andreaprodan]

If Zappa is in it... then it's OK by me...

[Wellch]

@andreaprodan ----Zappa is in the scene walking with the talking cow.

[apk1215]

Awesome. I gotta look for this film.

[cheerful71]

@apk1215

It's part of Criterion's America Lost and Found:The BBS Story...boxset..

get it while it's on sale on Amazon...

[MylesLoughhead]

"From the people who gave you Head"

[OurGangFan]

@MylesLoughhead I bet those people enjoyed giving other people Head!

[TheMonkeesRock]

@OurGangFan Your nasty

[OSLAINTE123]

You think any drugs were taken during the making of this?.. I doubt it

[dadadruma]

@OSLAINTE123 Drugs? No. Good stony bud? ABSOLUTELY

[moonshinerman]

This movie was made when the Monkees first discovered drugs. I remember going to NYC and seeing it in a theater in the Village. As soon as it started, everyone sparked up a marley. All you had to do was breathe. The more wasted you were the funnier the movie got

[OurGangFan]

I feel that during the second half of the film, it gets really creepy!

[IsabellePictures]

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[TheMonkeesRock]

@74sodapop Why are you calling it meaningless as life and then you love it? are your retarded

[74sodapop]

@TheMonkeesRock No way. That's the point. The philosophical commentary on the state of the world. We have all talked about this in Film Class. Looking at this masterpiece in symbolic terms? Retarded, nah, you don't understand. This was the point. This movie rocks.

[TheMonkeesRock]

@74sodapop Okay... you couldve just said that..

[Frollockinthemeadow]

Can you dig it? YES YOU CAN! BECAUSE THS MOVIE IS AMAZING!

[Kohntarkosz]

Now this is strange, because I always had the understanding they didn't really plug the movie as a "Monkees movie". I always had the commercials showed a shot of a guy's head for about 20 seconds, before he finally says "Head", and that's it.

This was the explanation that was always given for why the movie flopped. It's one of my favorite pictures of all time. And The Porpoise Song is one of the greatest songs!!!

[ardalsgirl]

Trippy. :) I love this movie, and it is so cool to see the movie trailer for it, thanks for posting! :)

[Mullahgrrl]

Talk about Mature content!

[fromthesidelines]

That's John Erwin as the announcer in this 1968 theatrical trailer. However, when people originally saw the film in their favorite local movie theater- well, it was a "box office disaster"......

[Muranomuse]

This was definitely a better trailer than the other one floating around out there. Thank you so much for posting!

[pang5]

Brilliant!

Thanks!!

[SLCPunker101]

definitly a trip.

[bagzie]

One of the coolest, most bizarre films I have ever seen!

[sotetf]

savethetpc: I didn't think any of the original 1968 commercials even mentioned The Monkees!

- from what I recall reading, the promo clips that were used were the black and white image of that guy's head for this movie and not the Monkees. Though, I do not have the book handy, Andrew Sandoval's recent book on the Monkees may provide more details about this promo issue.

[KeepItSmooth]

As far as I know it was a theatre promo. The people behind the monkees (producers, etc..) have been quoted as saying that they planned on killing the Monkees career with this film. Of course I have always loved it, but then again my fav Stones record is Satanics Majesty Request.. so there ya go.

[GonzoGuyy]

@KeepItSmooth According to Teri Garr who was in the movie, the hopes for the movie was it would be big enough to warrant a sequel. The next movie would have the tagline "from the people who gave you Head last year" As in oral sex. Teri said it was a running gag behind the scenes.

[TheMonkeesRock]

@KeepItSmooth There fucked up lets go sew!

[savethetpc]

Thanks for posting this, KeepItSmooth. Do you have any idea when this commercial was made or where it was shown (i.e., movie theaters or TV)? I didn't think any of the original 1968 commercials even mentioned The Monkees! I would think that if this commercial had been shown at the time, the movie might have done better at the box office.